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Violinist Michael Rabin: The Unpublished Recordings, 1947 - 1971

3 CD / Testament / 2012-02-14

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Caprice for solo violin in E flat major (Sostenuto-Andante), Op. 1/17, MS 25/17; Camille Sain...
Performers: Johannesen, Grant; Rabin, Jeanne; Rabin, Michael; Smith, Brooks
Conductors: Rozsnyai, Zoltán

Michael Rabin's musical voice may have been quiet the past forty years, but to violin aficionados his star still shines brightly. His discography is small,...continue...

The Studio Recordings 1954-1960: Michael Rabin, violin

6 CD / Testament / 2011-12-13

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Slatkin, Felix

The story of the amazing violinist Michael Rabin is complicated and ultimately tragic. When his career should have been reaching the height of his success,...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1960....continue...

Schumann, Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos; Bloch / Piatigorsky

1 CD / Testament / 2005-07-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo
Performers: Piatigorsky, Gregor
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

The Russian cello school may not have produced as many stars as its violin counterpart, but Gregor Pavlovich Piatigorsky was surely one of them. His...continue...

Lalo: Cello Concerto; et at / Nelsova, Boult, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2004-10-12

Works: Edouard Lalo: Concerto for Cello in D minor; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo
Performers: Nelsova, Zara
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Few cellists have become as closely identified with a piece of music as Zara Nelsova was with Bloch's 'Schelomo'. This archetypally Jewish work, which can...continue...

Debussy, Dukas, Saint-Saëns: Orchestral Works / Ansermet

1 CD / Testament / 2004-01-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Jeux; Epigraphes antiques (6); Paul Dukas: La Péri, ballet; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macab...
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Suisse Romande Orchestra

"The two orchestras were possibly the two best in Europe for French music at the time (1950s). Karl Bohm regarded Ansermet as the best living...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3; Fauré: Requiem /Cluytens, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2002-06-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Performers: Angelici, Martha; Duruflé, Maurice; Noguera, Louis; Puig-Roget, Henriette
Conductors: Cluytens, André

The EMI Record of Singing Vol 3 - 1926-1939

10 CD / Testament / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andrésen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Ba...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 4; Saint-Saëns / Rubinstein

1 CD / Testament / 1998-11-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gaubert, Philippe
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Mstislav Rostropovich - Dvorák, Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos

1 CD / Testament / 1997-04-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; David Popper: Elfentanz for cello & piano, Op 39 "Dance of the...
Performers: Dedyuhkin, Alexander; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Géza Anda - Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc; Saint-Saëns

1 CD / Testament / 1996-05-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals
Performers: Anda, Géza; Siki, Bela
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Shura Cherkassky plays Liszt

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's "Faust", S 407; Ré...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole

Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov: Concertos; Shostakovich / Gilels

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Dmitry Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue for piano no 5 in D major, O...
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Cluytens, André

Pierre Fournier: Dvorák Cello Concerto

1 CD / Testament / 1993-10-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for C...
Performers: Fournier, Pierre; Lush, Ernest; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Susskind, Walter